Agile for Leaders

AF-103 Agile for Leadership

Agile for Leadership is a one-day introduction to Agile for technology and business leaders in your organization. In this course, we introduce Agile concepts, approaches, and techniques focusing on the leadership perspective. This course mixes lecture and hands-on exercises to reinforce the learning objectives and allows students to develop an understanding of how they can lead their organization through an Agile transformation.

Target Participants

Product Marketing Managers, CTO, CIO, Directors, Software Development Managers who are starting on the first Agile project or who have some experience on an agile project and are looking to expand their knowledge of Agile practices and techniques.

Course Objectives

Provide a high level overview of the Agile process, vocabulary, and practical techniques.

Understand the Agile values, principles, and practices and how they can be applied on an Agile project.

Understand Agile practices, principles, and values in the broader context of product development and delivery.

Understand the types of deliverables managers should expect from Agile teams, how to use the information, what the data is telling them, what conclusions you can and can’t draw from the information.

Learning Objectives

Participants will understand the practices, principles, and values of Agile as articulated in the Agile Manifesto.

Participants will be able to participate in a collaborative chartering session, develop an elevator pitch, and make the project tradeoffs explicit to stakeholders.

Participants will understand how to prioritize the product backlog to maximize business value.